As Valentine’s Day approaches, Starbucks has released a new drink menu for the season. Starting on Feb 4. 2025, Starbucks has celebrated Valentine’s Day by crafting two beverages as well as a new line of festive tumblers and cups. 

The first drink is a Chocolate-Strawberry Crème Frappuccino which is a blended beverage with Frappuccino chocolate chips and strawberry puree. It has whipped cream and a mocha chocolate drizzle. The other one is the Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew. This has vanilla syrup and a chocolate hazelnut cold foam. It is topped with chocolate cookie crumbles. 

“I did not really enjoy the Chocolate-Strawberry Crème Frappuccino drink. It tastes like what they advertise, chocolate strawberries with chocolate chunks in it,” said Sherine Nehme, junior. “I prefer Starbucks’s Strawberry Acai Refresher.”

Students enjoy different holiday menus at Starbucks that are released during their season.

“I have not tried the Valentine’s Day drinks at Starbucks, but I love the festive Christmas drinks that Starbucks sells,” said Maddie Chillo, junior. “Every year, I look forward to Starbucks’s peppermint mocha drink.”

Starbucks has also raised their drink prices, and many students are upset about the price they now have to pay for their favorite drinks. 

“I ordered a grande drink, and it is ridiculous that it costs almost seven dollars,” said Nehme. “Starbucks should consider reducing their prices.” 

Recently, Starbucks has also made significant changes to their policies. Customers are now allowed to bring a personal cup when ordering at a Starbucks location, drive through, or online during a mobile order. Starbucks is the first national coffee retailer to make these changes in efforts to minimize waste and protect the environment. 

“I think it’s really interesting that Starbucks is allowing people to bring their personal cups,” said Franklin Chemmachel, junior. “This will definitely reduce unnecessary plastic waste, and I think that in the future other coffee shops will adopt this policy to help the environment.”

As they have in the past, Starbucks may release a spring menu lineup after Valentine’s Day. According to Starbucks, in 2024, they released two new drinks in early March to celebrate the new season. 

To learn more about Starbucks’s new drink menu, go to this link